Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:47:52 -0800 | From | Sören Brinkmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/9] clocksource/cadence_ttc: Store timer frequency in driver data |
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Hi Daniel,
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 03:53:51PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 12/17/2013 08:21 PM, Sören Brinkmann wrote: > >Hi Daniel, > > > >On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 05:04:50PM -0800, Soren Brinkmann wrote: > >>It is not allowed to call clk_get_rate() from interrupt context. To > >>avoid such calls the timer input frequency is stored in the driver's > >>data struct which makes it accessible to the driver in any context. > >> > >>Signed-off-by: Soren Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@xilinx.com> > >>Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> > > > >I doubt that we'll resolve all issues with this series before the > >holidays or even the next merge window. Could you take this patch into > >your tree for 3.14? It is not directly related to the cpufreq work and > >fixes an actual issue that triggers a kernel WARN under some condition > >(I missed preserving the details and the trace). That would take the > >easy stuff out of the way and we can focus on the more controversial > >changes. > > You are asking to take it for 3.14 but shouldn't it go as a 3.13 fix ?
That's also an option. As I remember, the patch fixes a kernel WARN. The system still seemed operational though. Up to you whether this is considered severe enough for the 3.13 series. I'm happy either way.
Sören
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